Author: Larry Fitzmaurice
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Megan Thee Stallion Responds To Tory Lanez Claims
Despite the conviction, Tory — and his online supporters — have continued to claim that he wasn’t involved in the shooting, resulting in constant harassment campaigns against Megan.
Most recently, Tory’s team came forward with highly dubious claims that Megan’s friend Kelsey Harris actually pulled the trigger and not Tory himself. (Tory, who was recently stabbed 14 times in prison, previously claimed that Megan wasn’t even shot at all.)
Despite there being no established veracity to the new claims, Tory has received a wave of public support from celebrities — including Chris Brown and Drake — who have shared a Change.org petition to have Tory Lanez pardoned and released from prison.
The entire situation is, obviously, disgusting — and last night, Megan shared a message on TikTok speaking out against the claims from Tory’s team and sending a direct message to those who keep questioning the outcome of the case.
“At what point are yall gonna stop making me have to re live being shot BY TORY !?” she wrote. “At what point are Tory and yall FANS gonna stop lying ? Like how much is the check to keep harassing me? Why is this happening EVERY DAY?”
“One min him/ yall said I was never shot now yall letting him play in yall face AGAIN and say I was shot but it wasn’t him oh okay… ?! I’m sick of this shit LEAVE ME TF ALONE!!!! HE AINT DARE GET ON THAT STAND AND DENY HE SHOT ME AND THAT WAS HIS CHOICE BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE DID THAT SH-T! IDGAF ABT A BLOG OR A BOT!!! WHY IN TF WOULD ME … MEGAN THEE STALLION HAVE TO LIE ON THIS MF ABT SHOOTING ME!”
“How yall mad at the person that got shot???? FACTS ARE FACTS, he did it, it was PROVEN IN COURT fuck the hate campaign on the internet TORY YOU SHOT ME !! Ain’t no new fucking evidence yall been saying the same shit for years.”
“TORY PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE you a fucking demon,” she concluded. “I’m off this silly ass internet shit, BYE.”
More than a fair response, I should say!
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Joe Biden Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Former United States president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
According to CNN, the former president’s personal office issued a statement saying that he was diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of the disease, and that it has spread to his bones as well.
“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” the statement read. “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone.”
“While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.”
The statement also said that the former president and his family “are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”
We’ll let you know if there’s any updates to this story as it unfolds.
Gene Hackman Hated Making The Royal Tenenbaums
Earlier this year, legendary actor Gene Hackman passed away alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa in the couple’s Santa Fe home.
Gene was a larger-than-life talent, so it’s not surprising that we’re still hearing new stories from those who worked with him. The latest comes from director Wes Anderson, whose new film The Phoenician Scheme just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
As you probably know, Gene was effectively the lead in Wes’s 2001 classic The Royal Tenenbaums, playing Royal Tenenbaum. His performance was critically acclaimed, garnering a Golden Globe win for his efforts.
Gene, who was fairly private as a celebrity and effectively retired from acting in 2004, also didn’t show up to collect the award itself — and according to a new Sunday Times interview with Wes, he very much wasn’t a fan of making the film either.
“Gene was very annoyed about the money,” Wes said in the interview, gesturing toward the flat pay rate that The Royal Tenenbaums’ cast received across the board. “He was furious. Also, he didn’t want to do the film anyway.”
Wes went on to claim that he had to basically convince Gene to be in the film — and that he “wouldn’t go away” until the storied actor said yes. “And everybody else said yes to the salary, so Gene just went with it — and that just became our way,” he explained.
Wes also said that Gene said “not a word” to him when they were finished filming. “In fact he left without saying goodbye,” he claimed. “He was grumpy — we had friction. He didn’t enjoy it. I was probably too young and it was annoying to him.”
In fact, the last conversation the two had — according to Wes, at least — was when The Royal Tenenbaums opened in theaters. “He liked it,” Wes recalled. “But he told me he didn’t understand it when we were shooting. I wish I’d shown him 10 minutes, early on. Then, maybe, he would have said, ‘OK, I get it.’”
The more you know about the movies you love! You can read the entire interview with Wes right here.